I can confirm that Region V gets 5 play-off spots, while Region III will only have 3. This is due to the fact that Chapin is competing in Region V for everything except football, as opposed to the region the HSL assigned them. Could you imagine Chapin's travel time 2 times a week to compete in the other sports?! That would be extremely hard on the athlete's, coaches, and fans! However, next year it will be back to 4 teams per region.
On a side note, I can understand WH's frustrations as they've missed the play-offs the last few years and have had better teams than some/many teams that made the play-offs. However, if you move to a seeding system (similar to A & AA), you run into politics and then people crying unfair at seeding selection or even not making it over someone else that did. Bottom line, there is no one way that will make everyone happy.
